Eulogising a Friend On Air
I have witnessed many examples of how Al Jazeera is achieving this mission. The attack on Coptic Christians in a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria in 2011, was a scoop. Documented as it happened by one of our associates, it was aired on Al Jazeera before any other media outlet or news agency. As the Arab Spring ignited in Tunisia, we all camped in the newsroom, working day and night. We rested only when we aired footage of the former president’s plane taking off as he fled the country. A few days later, that spark spread to Egypt. As the Mubarak regime disconnected the internet, Egyptian youth devised creative solutions to continue feeding us footage. These are just a few examples of how Al Jazeera made a difference. Al Jazeera has won the minds and hearts of viewers all over the world with its bold, honest reporting while upholding the core values of journalism: accuracy, independence, impartiality and humanity.
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